Lil Green
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American blues singer and songwriter (1919–1954)
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Lil Green (December 22, 1919 – April 14, 1954) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was among the leading female rhythm and blues singers of the 1940s, possessed with an ability to bring power to ordinary material and compose superior songs of her own. Originally named Lillian Green, she was born in Mississippi; after the early deaths of her parents, she went to Chicago, Illinois, where she began performing in her teens and where she would make all of her recordings. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Green
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Bluebird Records
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- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of birth
- 1919-12-22
- date of death
- 1954-04-14
- manner of death
- natural causes
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